First Try

11/18/16

Second week   

  Hi, thanks for coming back to visit my blog!^-^  

This week was a busy week for us before Thanksgiving break, so I am sorry for didn't do a lot on my project.On Friday afternoon, I began my first try of paper cutting. I was surprised that it actually turned well! (The picture is on the right.)

Now I am going to teach you how I cut it. The color paper I used was from Michael's which I bought last week.

First, I cut a square in dimension 15cm*15cm
Second, I followed the online-picture that I was interested in and folded the paper into triangle three times like this.

               

Then, I drew the outlines of the patterns that I was going to cut. (Since it was my first time to try it, I needed to draw the outline. I think after being more and more familiar with the patterns, I won't need to draw the outline any more.)

Finally, I used normal scissors and craft knife to cut it. 

Then, I was done! Isn't that easy and turns well?If you are interested, try it!Thanks for visiting my blog again!Welcome back if you are still interested to learn more patterns. 

Introduction

Week 1
11/11/2016

Hello, welcome to my blog!

This year for our English class, we are having a creative project called Genius Hour. I am going to learn how to make Chinese paper cuttings and then make a series of teaching videos for people who want to learn making Chinese paper cuttings.
My goal is to learn making different levels of paper cuttings and video how I did them.


Here are some different levels:
Level 1 - Easy. This level will just be some simple patterns as practice.

Level 2 - Medium. For this level, we will begin to make some simple traditional Chinese paper cuttings.

Level 3 - Challenge. For this level I am going to try to make a very complex paper-cutting rabbit. I am still not sure about if I can make it, but I'll try!!!

Level 4 - Creative Level. After making several Chinese traditional paper cuttings, I am going to learn making pretty & fancy paper cuttings from other countries.

I just bought my color papers and special knife this week. I will try to keep updating my blog every week about what I did for this project over the week.

So, see you next week! : )